Scottie Scheffler continued his incredible campaign by winning the Memorial Tournament on Sunday for his fifth victory in his last eight starts.
The World No. 1 edged Collin Morikawa by 1 stroke at Muirfield Village to claim the win.
RANK
PLAYER
FINAL ROUND
TOTAL
1
Scottie Scheffler ๐บ๐ธ
74
-8
2
Collin Morikawa ๐บ๐ธ
71
-7
3
Adam Hadwin ๐จ๐ฆ
74
-4
4
Christiaan Bezuidenhout ๐ฟ๐ฆ
72
-3
T5
Matt Fitzpatrick ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
69
-2
T5
Ludvig Aberg ๐ธ๐ช
74
-2
T5
Sepp Straka ๐ฆ๐น
76
-2
T8
Hideki Matsuyama ๐ฏ๐ต
70
-1
T8
Sungjae Im ๐ฐ๐ท
73
-1
T8
Tony Finau ๐บ๐ธ
73
-1
T8
Xander Schauffele ๐บ๐ธ
75
-1
Scheffler is the first player on TOUR since Justin Thomas in 2016-17 to record five wins in a season. Byron Nelson holds the record for most wins in a year with 18 in 1945. Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh share the post-1950 record with nine victories each in 2000 and 2004, respectively.
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Scheffler only finished lower than T2 once in his last eight tournaments.
TOURNAMENT
DATE
RESULT
Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 10
๐
The Players Championship
March 17
๐
Houston Open
March 31
T2
Masters Tournament
April 14
๐
RBC Heritage
April 21
๐
PGA Championship
May 19
T8
Charles Schwab Challenge
May 26
T2
Memorial Tournament
June 9
๐
Scheffler is the second player ever to win the Arnold Palmer, the Players, the Masters, and the Memorial in the same season, joining Woods in 2001.
Heโs the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1962 to head into the U.S. Open with five or more PGA TOUR wins that season, including a major.
Scheffler earned $4 million in prize money for his victory, moving his total season earnings to $24.02 million, breaking his own single-season earnings record set in 2023 ($21.01 million).
Elsewhere at the Memorial, Adam Hadwin booked his ticket to the Open Championship with his third-place finish.
Additionally, Adam Scott and Robert MacIntyre are expected to earn spots in the U.S. Open after the world golf rankings update Monday. Itโd mark Scottโs 92nd straight major appearance, the second-longest streak in history behind Jack Nicklausโ 146.
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